TATT'S NO GOOD

LEFT TO BURN

“She could have said awful things to people and they would see me and think I’d said them.

“It’s unfair on people like me who have their profile pictures used. It may not be my name but it’s still my face and people will associate me with anything that profile has been doing or saying online.”

She added: “I didn’t even know the girl who messaged me but I woke up and saw I had a message request from someone I’d never spoken to.

“She just said that this person had been using my pictures for the past year under a different name.

“Whenever I had uploaded photos, they’d upload theirs around 10 days later with similar captions.

“I’m concerned that the account could be using my picture on other social media under different names.

“I don’t know if they’ve used any photos of my family or friends but if they had, I’d be really upset.

The 17-year-old was alerted to the fake profile by someone she didn’t know getting in touch

She said was surprised her face could be used so easily for such a long period of time.

The student said: “The problem was solved pretty easily. I just reported it to Facebook and within an hour they had taken her profile down, but I still worry about what they could have done over the space of a year.

“I think Facebook need to do other things to prevent fake profiles. For example, they should be more careful when accounts are being set up.

“My friends are keeping a look out for me now in case any other fake profiles are out there.”

Operating under a false identity is a violation of Facebook terms.

‘Catfishing’ is when someone creates fake profiles on social media sites to trick people into thinking they are somebody else.

It is most common on social media and dating apps like Tinder.

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